I need to understand, though. I can’t close my eyes without hearing the truth, once and for all.
Tears fall from my eyes, landing somewhere below me. “W-Why? Why couldn’t you just let her go?”
He chuckles darkly and starts to cough abruptly. The sound is wet. Definitely not healthy. So I’m not the only one who is in need of major medical help.
“Me?” Pushing past his own pain, he leans into me, his face hovering in front of mine, the harsh lines glowing with rage. “You mean us.”
My stomach tightens at the maniacal look in his eyes. I start shaking my head even before his next words come.
“I wouldn’t have been able to do any of it without him. How else do you think Baz knew how to keep you around? He used your pain, your vendetta against you. He made you fall in love, didn’t he?”
My face cracks into a grimace, and I start to sob, not wanting to hear any more. Vincent bares his teeth, and my eyes widen, all the air escaping my lungs when his fist curls around the object lodged inside me and he pushes, slowly killing me as he delivers his parting words.
“We shared her together. We killed her together. That’s the piece you were missing, Mackenzie. The man you’ve fallen in love with murdered your sister and planned to murder you, too.”
He shoves the metal in a little deeper, and with a shattered heart, my hold on consciousness slips. I choke on my breath, and then, like a curtain falling, everything fades to black. The last thing I hear is glass cracking and the sound of a door screeching on its hinges.
He’s getting away.
Too bad I’ll be dead by the time someone finds me.
To Be Continued…